External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 122671	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82908	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84208	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 74696
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77611	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 77776	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71887	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83675
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82917	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84108	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84347	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83863
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84468	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84229	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84206	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82397
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85994	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86450	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86115	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 93181
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 90432	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 87872	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86659	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84575
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82519	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 105437

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease